Sperm stock and mating of males in a parasitoid wasp

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-166

  Bressac, Christophe ^a   Damiens, David ^a   Chevrier, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; WASP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; WASPS;

DINARMUS BASALIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 38949172352     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21168     Document Type: Article

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